438 weeks ago
When you arrive at the Simferopol airport or the train station, you may need to transfer to Yalta, Alushta, Sevastopol or another Crimean destination. Different possibilities getting around Crimea.

438 weeks ago
Practical information about flights to Ukraine. Every trip to a foreign country is a challenge. Too much new information. To make smart decisions you need some basic things only to remember.

438 weeks ago
The Ukraine tourism industry has achieved good results during the last few years. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) has placed Ukraine in the top 25 most visited countries in the world.

438 weeks ago
Ukraine traditions of social behavior don't differ too much from Western standards. However, one should know certain rules of local etiquette to stay out of embarrassment while visiting Ukraine.

438 weeks ago
Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Mykola Tomenko (BYT) has said that regardless of the adopted law allocating over Hr 600 million to fight against influenza in the country, Ukraine's President Viktor Yuschenko banned the National Bank from transferring this money to the government.

438 weeks ago
Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Mykola Tomenko (BYT) has said that regardless of the adopted law allocating over Hr 600 million to fight against influenza in the country, Ukraine's President Viktor Yuschenko banned the National Bank from transferring this money to the government.

439 weeks ago
The number of those who have died of flu and flu-like illnesses in Ukraine has increased to 577 as of late on Dec. 23, including ten who have died over the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has reported.

439 weeks ago
A total of 567 people have died of flu and flu-like illnesses in Ukraine since the start of the flu epidemic, including 11 over the last 24 hours. The epidemic threshold was exceeded in 19 regions, Crimea, and in the cities of Sevastopol and Kyiv. Read the story here.

439 weeks ago
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Several flu-like viruses are more common than usual this flu season in the United States, adding to the misery and confusion caused by H1N1 swine flu, one lab company said on Tuesday.

439 weeks ago
Kyiv, December 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The number of those who have died of flu and flu-like illnesses in Ukraine has increased to 567 as of late on December 22, including 11 who have died over the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has reported.

439 weeks ago
BERLIN - Latin cultures have made physical proximity one of their trademarks: people regularly kiss each other hello and goodbye. For a time in 2009, however, both kissing and handshakes became taboo. Disinfectant hand gel was everywhere. Some drug stores even ran out. Read the story here.

439 weeks ago
The ministry of healthcare confirmed 539 deaths caused by influenza and acute respiratory viral infections starting from October 29 and into December 19 in all the 24 regions, the cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol, and in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the ministry has informed.

439 weeks ago
Many monuments to women and girls sprouted up on the streets of Kyiv after World War II, in honor of ordinary heroines, including fighters and nurses.Most celebrated a trait or an ideal and were not based on an individual. But there are exceptions, such as the statue of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. It was erected in Soviet days to honor a young girl, the first female in the Soviet Union to receive the Hero of the Soviet Union award. It was awarded posthumously, but her name and her story are among the most enduring tales of Soviet heroism.

439 weeks ago
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko leads the rating of top 200 most influential Ukrainians drawn up by Focus magazine, the acting chief editor of the magazine, Kateryna Hlazkova, said at a press conference in Kyiv on Dec. 17.

440 weeks ago
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine says a necessary condition for receiving the A/H1N1 vaccine from the World Health Organization (WHO) is responsibility of its producer and supplier for possible complications after vaccination, Ukraine's Chief Sanitary Officer Oleksandr Bilovol has told the press on Dec. 17. Read the story here.

440 weeks ago
A total of 466 cases of the pandemic A/H1N1 flu have been laboratory confirmed in Ukraine, including 202 deaths from swine flu, the Ukrainian Health Ministry's press service reported on Dec. 15.

440 weeks ago
GENEVA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation onDec.11endorsed findings that there is no clear evidence that the antiviral Tamiflu prevents complications such as pneumonia in otherwise healthy people with seasonal flu.